High Court to Decide if Congress
Exceeded Authority on Gun Law

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court agreed to decide whether Congress exceeded its authority by enlisting local police to help enforce the Brady handgun-control law.

The case will give the high court an opportunity to clarify Congress's power to regulate gun sales and its muscle in relation to the states. Last year, the justices struck down a separate federal law that banned guns near schools, saying that gun possession was a local matter. That surprising ruling raised the question of whether the Supreme Court was embarking on...